Article on arts center was not impartial

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Jun 30, 2007 at 12:10 AM

Editor, the Record:

Editor, the Record:

The article written by Kietryn Zychal about last week's Wynton Marsalis performance offends me on several levels. The review should have been written simply as a report of the performance, not as an attempt at social commentary. It mentions the "little old ladies who had literally survived Auschwitz" as vacationing there.

My mother was a member of the ILGWU and happened to vacation several times there as a guest. However, she came from Italy at the age of four, and, I'm sure, never heard of Auschwitz at the time. She was also a musician in the ILGWU orchestra, and performed at Carnegie Hall.

The article also mentions high ticket prices and "expensive entertainment for a mostly white audience." Ticket prices didn't seem to matter last year to an over-flow crowd of rude, raucous, beer-swilling attendees at the Hank Williams Jr. concert.

My wife and I, and our six guests, were forced to leave very early in the show, due to the unruly behavior of the crowd.

I think it is incumbent on the editorial staff of the Record to verify all its statements, to not generalize, and to give articles of this nature a positive aspect.

PETER J. MAURO

Tamiment

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